VHosts and Document Root

[Taranis]

When configuring VHosts, does the Document Root for the VHost start at the machine's root or at the Document Root that is set for webserver farther up in the .conf file?

So, if my main Document Root were
/www

Would my VHost Root be:
/www/vhostname
or just:
/vhostname

Thanks!

[pippo]

The DocumentRoot defined inside a Virtual Host block has nothing to do with the "default" DocumentRoot that is found outside the Virtual Blocks.

In particular,
httpd.conf

# etc etc
DocumentRoot /www # "default" documentroot

<VirtualHost *>
#etc etc
ServerName vhostname
DcoumentRoot /vhostname
</VirtualHost>

As for this example the DocumentRoot of vhostname is /vhostname.

#etc etc

<VirtualHost *>
#etc etc
ServerName vhostname
DcoumentRoot /www/vhostname
</VirtualHost>

As for this example the DocumentRoot of vhostname is /www/vhostname.

That said,
>>Would my VHost Root be:
>>/www/vhostname
>>or just:
>>/vhostname
It's what you specified inside the VirtualHost block.
If you did forget to specify the DocumentRoot inside the VH block you will receive a warning when running Apache and the "default" DocumentRoot will be used instead ( that happen under win2000/apache 1.3.27, but it should be the same under *nix too ).




pippo